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January 13, 2015

The Man Who Brought Hemp to Kentucky

modern farmerSince the successful cultivation of the state’s first
small-but-mighty legal “research” hemp crop early last year, politicians
on both sides of the aisle have been eating hemp bars, talking about hemp-powered cars and exploring how hemp oil
can help ease the pain of debilitating seizure disorders. There’s a new
fervor around everything that could possibly be crafted with hemp —
from rope to clothes — as the crop positions itself to potentially be
the tobacco-replacing cash crop dreamed about by struggling farmers.